"I love the approach of the Strezov Sampling team - they not only try to preserve the rawness of the live recording, but make inspiring and experimental products like the Aleatoric Modular Series or the Rhodope Ethnic Bulgarian Choir! I highly recommend their sample libraries!"

"Being a lifelong fan of the Eastern European music tradition, I am so grateful to Strezov Sampling for making parts of that rich vocabulary available as sampling libraries and instrument designs. They are made with the 'working composer' in mind, and have a unique, direct sound character."

Jeff Rona
Phantom, God of War III, Exit Wounds, Traffic

"Strezov is a brilliant sampling artist. There is a level of musicality and detail that is incredibly impressive."

Sam Hulick
Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate Enhanced, Fates Forever

"Storm Choir 2 and Thunder 2 played such an important role in my most recent fantasy RPG project. It's been difficult for me to find a choir library that's not only huge-sounding, but also well-programmed, and Storm Choir 2 really fits the bill. It's become my go-to library when I need a power choir!"

Alex Pfeffer
Pacific Rim, Gotham, Sherlock Holmes, Crysis 2

"The Strezov Sampling Team has definitely filled a gap in the sampling world! What really blew me away was Storm Choir II which easily has become my go to choir sample library when it comes to epic choral arrangements ... and it never get's replaced!"

A totally unique product that also brought to life the "Syllabuilder" engine - a powerful yet easy to use phrasebuilding software that allows you to write your own words as well as build lyrics with the brandnew Quick Word system!

Ethnic Bulgarian singing is something really unique. This special type of "throat" singing gives a new and interesting timbre that is not typical for choir ensembles. This is why Strezov Sampling decided that this requires a special approach.

The 1.1 Syllabuilder

Blending traditional phrasebuilding with the deep editing options of wordbuilding the Syllabuilder engine is the ultimate tool for producing virtual choir mockups. Rhodope Ethnic Bulgarian Choir Core and Complete features this powerful tool, which has been in constant developement for more than two years.

Overview:

The voices of the one of the most populart Bulgarian choirs "Filip Koutev", conducted by Georgi Andreev

Range of E3-D5 (C4 = middle C)

The powerful SYLLABUILDER engine (full word building engine) allows you to write words that will be 'sung' by the virtual choir

The Syllabuilder gives you the ideal balance between the detailed control over the words and a fast workflow

Ability to save and load presets; cross-compatible with future versions.

Ability to manually edit each of the consonants or vowel sounds in Syllabuilder text

The ability to overlap different vowels/consonants in a single midi track - one voice holding on “Ah (for instance), while the other voices still progressing throughout the lyrics.

Easy to use either live or in your DAW

Intuitive HELP incorporated in the Kontakt patch

Various other scripts that will help you in your workflow

Last but not least - the unique timbre of Ethnic Bulgarian singers

Quick Word system - enables you to save and load words. Included are factory presets that would help you using the library straight out of the box. Presets are automatically refreshed in the Syllabuilder, so if you have more than one instance a new preset in one instance can be immediately opened in another

Quick word templates can be used with future version of the instrument and can always be retrieved, even if you have newer version than the one used in the preset

ASK Audio, 12/2015

Ratings

The following reviews have been placed by customers who also bought this product from us. All reviews are provided through eKomi, Europes largest independent customer review company.

This choir singing quality may be found in many countries folkloric choirs and is very different to the majority of others. The syllabe builder is excellent and the same is further upgraded in Wotan.

05.08.2016

This library is great for harmonies, awesome modwheel dynamics control and good wordbuilding with a little tweaking that you can save. I found it more difficult for fast passages but it is incredible for slow or medium tempo phrases. I love it after only a week using it, just scratched the surface. I wish it had ornaments and mordents, but nevertheles I recommend it if you like this kind of singing.

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